baton

See also batön

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French bâton.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: bătʹŏn, IPA: /ˈbætɒn/, SAMPA: /"b{tQn/
• (US) enPR: bətänʹ, IPA: /bəˈtɑn/, SAMPA: /b@"tAn/

Noun

baton (plural batons)

1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal
2. (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
3. (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
4. A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
5. (heraldry) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).

Translations

truncheon

Bulgarian: палка (bg), жезъл (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 警棍 (cmn) (jǐnggùn) Finnish: sauva, komentosauva, keppi Macedonian: пендрек (mk) (péndrek) m., палка (mk) (pálka) f.

Polish: pałka (pl) f. Russian: жезл (ru) (žezl) m., палочка (ru) (páločka) f., палка (ru) (pálka) f. Spanish: batuta (es) f. Swedish: stav (sv) c.

music: conductor's stick

Bulgarian: диригентска палка (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 指揮棒 (cmn), 指挥棒 (cmn) (zhǐhuībàng) Czech: taktovka (cs) f. Finnish: tahtipuikko (fi) German: Taktstock (de) m.

Latvian: zizlis (lv) m. Lithuanian: dirigento lazdelė (lt) f. Macedonian: палка (mk) (pálka) f. Polish: batuta (pl) f. Russian: дирижёрская палочка (ru) (dirižórskaja páločka) f. Spanish: batuta (es) f.

sports: object transferred by relay runners

Bulgarian: палка (bg), щафета (bg) Czech: kolík (cs) m. Finnish: kapula (fi), viestikapula (fi) Latvian: nūjiņa (lv) f. Macedonian: штафетна палка (mk) (štafétna pálka) f., штафета (mk) (štaféta) f.

Polish: pałeczka (pl) f. Russian: эстафетная палочка (ru) (estafétnaja páločka) f., палочка (ru) (páločka) f., эстафета (ru) (estaféta) f. Swedish: stafettpinne (sv) c.

club of the police

Finnish: pamppu (fi) Indonesian: pentungan (id) Japanese: バトン (ja) (baton)

Russian: дубинка (ru) (dubínka) f. Swedish: batong (sv) c.

heraldry: an abatement

Finnish: bastardijänne (fi)

Verb

baton (third-person singular simple present batons, present participle batoning, simple past and past participle batoned)

1. To strike with a baton.

Translations

to strike with a baton

Finnish: pamputtaa (fi)

French: frapper avec une verge (fr)

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

French bâton - stick.

Noun

baton

1. bread stick
2. chocolate stick

Declension

    declension of baton

nominative	baton
genitive	batonnıñ
dative	batonğa
accusative	batonnı
locative	batonda
ablative	batondan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [2]

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Esperanto

Noun

baton

1. accusative singular of bato

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Hiligaynon

Verb

báton

1. accept, get, receive

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

baton (1)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbatɔn/

Noun

baton m. (diminutive batonik)

1. bar of chocolate